Brian Schottenheimer was showing the play Monday, mostly because it was one of Seattle’s best—and Russell Wilson’s best—on a fantastic opening Sunday for a reenergized offense.
It came with 1:43 left in the first quarter. The call was a zone-read run.
At the snap, Falcons linebacker Foyesade Oluokun took two hard steps toward Wilson. On the call, Wilson’s job is to read the edge player. If he stays with the quarterback, Wilson hands off. If the edge guy goes with the back, Wilson keeps the ball and runs to the space the defender vacated. Problem was, Oluokun’s play was to cloud Wilson’s read and, with a split second to ID that, the ninth-year quarterback saw it.